Toward Independent Living & Learning Inc

Overview

Mission

Till is a private, not-for-profit human service agency established to develop and provide programs and services to meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness, physical handicaps, emotional problems and other disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support services for approximately 485 developmentally disabled individuals and their parents and caregivers in eastern mass., including transportation services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 97% of its reported program work directly.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042672688
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Dedham, MA, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6,943.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.9%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 1.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.1% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $57.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $385K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links